In one ear and out of the other,” is an expression that could be applied to most of us, for at least some of the time. Today’s gospel is about the difference between simply hearing something and really listening. Jesus uses the parable of the sower and the seeds to illustrate the different ways in which God’s word can be received … or not! Firstly
How often do we laughingly say, “….Out of the mouths of babes!” We usually say it when one of the junior members of our family has stated a glaring or embarrassing truth. To children the truth is black and white, but the older we get the more we tend to complicate issues that really ought to be very simple. Perhaps we want to dress up
Many years ago, I heard a sermon in which the priest made this peculiar, yet intriguing statement: ‘Water is thicker than blood’. He was referring to the question poses in today’s second reading from his letter to the Romans: Are you unaware that we who were baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into his death? We were buried with him through baptism….… so that… we
Some people leave their homes and go to work with the poorest of the poor in far flung third world countries …. but we are not those people. Some people fund raise tirelessly day in and day out for those who are sick or homeless and living in poverty …. but we are not those people. Some people campaign endlessly to end injustice and cruelty
Jesus tells us that he is the bread of life, that he provides the only food which truly nourishes, that he gives us his own self to sustain us on our journey, that we are to eat his flesh and blood in order to abide in him. For many of Jesus’ disciples this was just too hard to understand and they walked away. It would
We only have to switch the TV on to know there is plenty of evil in the world, but in today’s Gospel John reminds us that if we know and believe in God we can stand up to that evil and that we will never be condemned. If we believe in God we will be saved. But how do we even begin to know God?
